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From: Patty O'Dors (PattyODors_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:03:01 -0700

> What are you talking about? Who said anything about Linux?

MySQL is widely known to be a GNU/linux-based project. Don't anybody be
fooled. I know.

>
> First of all, there are precompiled binaries available for MANY different OS's,

If it's produced for many different operating systems, it's a bit like
saying it's "Jack of all trades, master of none".
The advert "works on many different operating systems" is a synonym for it
being largely linux-based - what with all these 'solaris' and 'OS/2' and 'arm
elf' builds, etc...eeeurgghh!!!
You do realise that the main pleasure people get out of these programs is
simply being able to get them to compile on their particular version of linux
on the particular processor they've got, and discussing the trials and
tribulations of their silly little compilation capers on various stupid
weblogs that clutter up google ?
Of course, many of the different versions of linux can each be worked on
many the weird hybrid processor varieties, further adding to the delight they
take in confusing windows users with the umpteen different combinations of
compilation settings that ensues.

>including various flavors of Linux.
> Might want to look at:
> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.0.html
> before you make a statement like that. Of the probably over 50 different packages available for download there, only 3 are source.

I don't want to get into surfing these people's web pages. It's a bottomless
pit, that leads nowhere. If MySQL is that good, why are there FIFTY different
packages? I'll tell you why - they don't all work. You have to hunt for the
one that does. But then again, that's obviously what GNU fans think the fun
of computing revolves around.

>
> Second, as this is a primarily windows-using newsgroup (Mono isn't quite that big yet), it is a safe assumption that, unless stated
> otherwise, we are discussing Windows.

Well, maybe you shouldn't raise the topic of linux and GNU-based programs
like MySQL then. (Not saying YOU personally did... but someone did)

>
> And, even if there WEREN'T any compiled binaries available... this is a DEVELOPMENT newsgroup... if you can't compile source code
> you probably have some other problems to see to first.

I am perfectly capable of writing AND compiling source code, and complex
source code at that - but that doesn't mean I should be any good at building
GCC or MySQL or any other stupid GNU-based program. I don't have to be - if i
don't ENJOY downloading it and compiling it, I can't see where it's going to
actually GET me in anything less than a matter of years, that a windows
program won't in a few minutes...

After all, if a program's had salaried programmers working on it, who've
still got a wife and kids to feed if they get the sack for the program not
being good enough or not working, they're going to make damn sure it works
and that the version that works is the only one that gets released. These
open source - yes, ok anybody may be able to improve on it. But at the end of
the day, the ones that are going to be able to improve on it best have
probably got other, more lucrative things to do.

They don't have anybody to answer to if it doesn't work, as no-one's paid
them any money. Stands to reason that it's not going to work!

>
> Adam Clauss
> cabadam@tamu.edu
>
>
>

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